Section 8 Tuff No. 1

Occurrence in Flathead county in Montana, United States with commodity Pumice
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10293750
MAS/MILS ID 0300290059
Record type Site
Current site name Section 8 Tuff No. 1
Alternate or previous names Section 8 Tuff No.1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.57959, 47.93378 (WGS84)
Elevation 1344
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Flathead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kofford Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Polson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Flathead(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Flathead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 025 N 023 W 08 SESESE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.57959, 47.93378

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Northern Pacific Railroad
    Interest 100
    Home office Minnesota
    Year 1966

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA ON THIS DEPOSIT IS INCLUDED IN SECTION 8 NO. 2 - 0300290005.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JUN-93 Rice U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.